Market Testing / Enquiry for Direct Payment Support Services

Tender description

This is a market engagement exercise to inform Hampshire County Council's procurement strategy for Direct Payment Support Services. Hampshire County Councils current Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) provides Information, Advice and Guidance and Managed Accounts support to Direct Payment recipients. HCC need to undertake a review to decide if this model is still relevant and preferable and wish to undertake co-production and co-design with service users and other stakeholders for a new service offering. Hampshire County Council is carrying out a market engagement to assist in understanding the market's approach to the provision of Direct Payments Support and supplementary services to include but not limited to, Managed Accounts, information, guidance and advice, financial administration mechanisms, budget management tools and mechanisms, recruitment and payroll services that could be provided to HCC and our stakeholders to support Direct Payments. The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to ask suppliers to consider if they currently supply services which support or facilitate Direct Payments and then respond to a questionnaire and its five questions. Additional information: How your organisation can contribute. The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to ask suppliers to consider if they currently supply services which support or facilitate Direct Payments and then respond to this questionnaire and its five questions. Registration on Hampshire County Councils In-Tend Portal and completion of the market engagement questionnaire does not constitute an expression of interest in any tender, nor is it a Selection Questionnaire. Responses will not be used to evaluate organisations, create a shortlist or guarantee inclusion or exclusion from any resulting tender exercise. Hampshire County Council also reserves the right not to continue with this market engagement exercise or any subsequent tender. Your responses will be treated in confidence and organisations will not be advantaged or disadvantaged by responding to the questionnaire. However, the response maybe used to correctly reflect HCC requirements in line with the markets offerings and inform the Council's procurement strategy. To download the questionnaire and respond please go to: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend portal, please go the website above and click on the 'Register' tab - registration is free. Once registered log into In-Tend and then follow the guidance below. - To view this opportunity please click on 'Tenders' then 'Current' and then scroll down to the project AS20744 Direct Payment Support Services. - Select 'View Details' - Click the 'Express Interest' tab - Follow the on-screen instructions - More information is available via the Synopsis button - Please download and then complete the word questionnaire and return via the correspondence function as an attachment. It is recommended you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on 'Information for Suppliers' at the top of the In-Tend home page. Closing date for responses is 17:00 hrs on Wednesday the 30 November-2022.